RUST magazine: EnduroGP 2017 Guide
RUST magazine: EnduroGP 2017 Guide It’s a whole new enduro world championship season starting this Saturday, with a new name (EnduroGP – okay, nearly new), new classes and new event formats. To give you the low down, or is it the heads up (?), RUST’s world enduro reporter Georgia Wells has dug into the rule book and into the entry lists, not to mention the event schedule, so as to give you a complete overview of what could be one of the most interesting seasons yet. And by heck, what a start to the season it will be! With a two-day rally, not an enduro, with so many tests – none seen beforehand – and of course ridden in snow in Finland. Yeah, we’ll be watching the FIM live timing for sure…! We hope you enjoy the guide. Here’s looking forward to a great year of racing. Jon Bentman Editor, RUST
RUST magazine: EnduroGP 2017 Guide
It’s a whole new enduro world championship season starting this Saturday, with a new name (EnduroGP – okay, nearly new), new classes and new event formats. To give you the low down, or is it the heads up (?), RUST’s world enduro reporter Georgia Wells has dug into the rule book and into the entry lists, not to mention the event schedule, so as to give you a complete overview of what could be one of the most interesting seasons yet.
And by heck, what a start to the season it will be! With a two-day rally, not an enduro, with so many tests – none seen beforehand – and of course ridden in snow in Finland. Yeah, we’ll be watching the FIM live timing for sure…!
We hope you enjoy the guide. Here’s looking forward to a great year of racing.
Jon Bentman
Editor, RUST
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A longer season<br />
Whereas in some recent years the championship has been a bit abbreviated, for <strong>2017</strong><br />
there’s a full season of events starting in March and ending in October, with a little<br />
summer break in the middle – where there’s an option for the riders to take up places<br />
in the annual ISDE. There’s even a mad dash down to South America and back for a<br />
round late in the year – sure to create a few logistical headaches (not to mention DNSs<br />
for those riders/teams on tighter budgets).<br />
The longer season at least falls within our expectations of a world championship<br />
season, and the spread of dates could be less damaging to a rider who might get<br />
injured – allowing a better chance of recovery before the next round. Before, looking<br />
at the example of the back-to-back fixtures at the Iberian rounds, a rider injured on<br />
day one (effectively of four) could as good as write off his championship hopes right<br />
there and then, given three ensuing DNSs…<br />
New formats<br />
The big news, though, is the introduction of new race formats. There’ll be an American<br />
style GNCC (cross-country) and Euro-style Sprint race for the British GP at Hawkstone<br />
Park, while the season kicks off with a rally style race for the GP of Finland (in snow!).<br />
This is quite a departure from the standard formats, but it’s worth noting we’re just<br />
talking for two fixtures from a nine round series, so you sense there’s some dipping of<br />
toes in the water here.<br />
<strong>EnduroGP</strong> <strong>2017</strong> Calendar.<br />
25-26 March - GP of FINLAND, Lake Paijanne. Enduro Rally.<br />
21-23 April - GP of SPAIN, Puerto Lumbreras. Standard Enduro.<br />
26-28 May - GP of ITALY, Spoleto. Standard Enduro.<br />
23-25 June - GP of HUNGARY, Paradfurdo. Standard Enduro.<br />
01-02 July - GP of SLOVAKIA, Puchov. Standard Enduro.<br />
21-23 July - GP of PORTUGAL, Castelo Branco. Standard Enduro.<br />
23-24 September - GP of GREAT BRITAIN, Hawkstone Park. Sprint & GNCC.<br />
07-08 October - GP of ARGENTINA, Tucuman. Standard Enduro.<br />
20-22 October - GP of GERMANY, Zschopau. Standard Enduro.
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